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pro-

UK/ˌpɹəʊ̯-/US/ˌpɹoʊ̯-/

pro- prefix: agreeing with; supporting; favouring.

Prefix (1)

pro-

  1. agreeing with; supporting; favouring
    • A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2019
    • Rohrabacher, who is considered to be among the most pro-Russia members in Congress, met with Assange earlier this month and claims Assange told him that Russia was not involved in the hacking.2017 August 29, Andrew Kaczynski, “Rep. Rohrabacher says ‘rendezvous’ being set up with Trump to relay info from WikiLeaks’ Assange on DNC hack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2019
  2. substituting for

Prefix (2)

pro-

  1. forward movement
    • progress compared to regress

Prefix (3)

pro-

  1. earlier; prior
  2. precursor (molecule)
  3. rudimentary
  4. in front of

pro- meaning in Malayalam

pro- in Malayalam

മുമ്പിൽ, മുൻസ്ഥാനത്ത്

Antonyms of pro-

Forms of pro-

alternative abbreviation (obsolete)ꝓ-

Origin of pro-

Derived from Latin prō (“in favor of, on behalf of”).

Learned borrowing from Latin prō- (“forward direction, forward movement”).

Derived from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”).

Words formed from pro-

Words that rhyme with pro-

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Questions about pro-

What does pro- mean?
Pro- means agreeing with; supporting; favouring.
What is pro- in Malayalam?
Pro- in Malayalam is മുമ്പിൽ, മുൻസ്ഥാനത്ത്. See Pro- meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is pro-?
Pro- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce pro-?
Pro- is pronounced /ˌpɹəʊ̯-/ (UK).

Words near pro- in the dictionary

  1. pro time
  2. pro tip
  3. pro tips
  4. pro wrestling
  5. pro'lem
  6. pro-
  7. pro-abort
  8. pro-abortion
  9. pro-abortionism
  10. pro-abortionist
  11. pro-abortionists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pro- (page history and authors); pro- (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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